Airspace 1 st LT Zouhar Jakub 12 th September 2014

2 Content Definition of the airspace Division of the airspace Classes of the airspace Single European Sky

3 Definition of the airspace the portion of the atmosphere including territorial waters  12NM out from nation's coast line vertical limit  no international agreement  FL 660

4 Division of the airspace controlled airspace  Air traffic control → execute control  Classes – A, B, C, D, E uncontrolled airspace  Air traffic control → act in an advisory manner  Classes – F, G

5 Division of the airspace Abbreviations  CTR/MCTR  TMA/MTMA  GCI  CTA  R…  D…  AUP  TRA  TSA  P…  FIR  ATC  UUP

6 Flight Information Region

7 Control Zone controlled airspace around airports to protect air traffic operating to and from that airport from ground level to a specified upper limit

8 Terminal Control Area Controlled airspace Around a major airport Vertical limit to protect air traffic operating to and from that airport

9 TMA

10 Control Area Air traffic control (class C) from FL 95 to FL 660 sectors  vertical + horizontal boundary  number depends on density of traffic

11 Temporary Reserved Area

12 Temporary Segregated Area

13 Prohibited Area

14 Danger Area gas releasing bomb disposal

15 Restricted Area shooting areas parachute jumping protective airspace

16 Air Traffic Zone AFIS – Aerodrome Flight Information Service Diameter – 6NM GND – 4000 ft

17 Airspace Use Plan published before 1400 UTC to cover the 24 hours’ time period between 0600 UTC the next day to 0600 UTC the day after UUP - Updated Airspace Use Plan TRA, R, ATZ, conditional routes, other reserved airspace

18 Classes of the airspace Defined in terms of flight rules and interactions between aircraft and ATC A, B, C, D, E, F, G Characterized:  Separation  Services provided  Speed limitation  Radio communication requirement  Subject to ATC clearance  VMC visibility and distance from cloud minima

19 Classes of the airspace

20 Single European Sky the key objectives of the SES:  to restructure European airspace  to create additional capacity  to increase the overall efficiency The goals of the SES:  3 times higher capacity of the European airspace  To improve safety  To reduce the effects of air traffic on the environment by 10%  To reduce cost of ATM services by 50%

21 Functional Airspace Blocks

22 Sources lis.rlp.cz ec.europa.eu en.wikipedia.org

23 Thank you for your attention!!!

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